Gail McLeod

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Gail McLeod
Alias	Ms. McLeod McLeod
Origin	Chicago Fire
Occupation	Assistant Director of Finance for the State of Illinois (formerly)
Powers / Skills	State authority Management skills Compatibility skills Charisma Manipulation
Goals	Reduce the CFD budget by 10%. Close Firehouse 51 for personal satisfaction. Force Wallace Boden to go into retirement (all failed).
Crimes	Public endangerment Obstruction to duty Fraud Manipulation Blackmail Corruption
Type of Villain	Egotistical Corrupt Official

“	My name is Gail McLeod, and I’ve been hired by the State Fire Marshal’s Office to rein in the disbursement of state money to the Chicago Fire Department. Now, I have been charged with creating a more streamlined and automated CFD, and reducing expenditures by 10%.	„
	~ McLeod introducing herself to firehouses’ chiefs, including Wallace Boden.

“	McLeod:I was able to cobble together a very attractive early retirement package for you. The State believes that Firehouse 51 is worth saving. Sadly, it’s your leadership that we're unhappy with. So my offer would save a stain on your record and allow you to work private sector. We will need your decision by Friday. Boden: I have one now. Kiss my ass.	„
	~ Confrontation between Boden and McLeod.

Gail McLeod was a major antagonist of the first half of Season 2 of Chicago Fire.

Brought on as an accountant to help balance the Chicago Fire Department budget, Gail also intended to close the beloved CFD Station 51 as part of her system of closing firehouses to balance the budget. She had been given a $200,000 bribe to help in her crooked actions, but efforts by the community and other firehouses under 25th Battalion Chief Wallace Boden's protection led to Gail and Boden being brought before Illinois Senator Wheeler, where his assistant Isabella, then-girlfriend of Station 51 firefighter Peter Mills, forces Gail to sign a document that bans her from closing any more firehouses, while also threatening to expose her bribe to the press, and crucify her by blacklisting her credentials permanently so she'll never work for another first responder department ever again. As the final insult to injury, Isabella also tells Gail never to show her face in Chicago again, as she was now persona non grata in the city.

She was portrayed by Michelle Forbes.

Biography

Chicago Fire

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As Boden and the members of Station 51 struggle to find some way, any way, to prevent Gail from closing the firehouse as it seemed more and more like she would get her way and have the station closed, they also prepare for if that inevitability does happen with which members will be given more support due to their families.

Finally, the fateful day comes. Boden's secretary, Connie, arrives to let Boden and his officers know that Gail is here. As she smugly confronts Boden, Casey, and Severide, and makes it clear that not one item from the firehouse is to leave with them and everything is to stay here as a final insult to them, they try to bite back by revealing they know about the $200,000 bribe she was given to shut them down. Gail is shaken, but otherwise blows it off. Thankfully, it is then that the members of Station 51, and Gail, are called outside, to where the other fire companies under Boden's command as 25th Battalion Chief, and the residents under the station's jurisdiction, are marching on the station, defying Gail and demanding that Station 51 stay open. Gail is shocked by the amount of support for the station and defiance against her, and it only gets worse when Connie tells Boden and Gail that their presence is requested at the office of Illinois State Senator Wheeler immediately.

At Wheeler's office, he intends to have Station 51 stay open as part of his campaign as it would look good for him, and leaves Gail to speak with his secretary, Isabella, to finalize the paperwork, not giving her a chance to get a word in edgewise in protest.

“	Isabella: Ms. McLeod, on this table here is a piece of paper awaiting your signature. Since it has been brought to the Senator's attention you don't have a mandate to close any more firehouses, we'd like you to sign it. (Boden has a stunned look on his face by what he's hearing) Gail: I-I don't think you understand-- Isabella: I understand this: You may be able to bully your way around the State Fire Marshall's office, but you're swimming in different waters now, Gail. You're going to sign that paper, or you're going to have microphones stuck in your face asking why your salary is a big chunk of the money you saved the city. (Boden is still thunderstruck by what he is seeing and hearing, while Gail tries to still resist) Gail: If you would just stop and think about it-- Isabella: If you don't sign it, I will nail you to a cross so hard you won't get a government contract as a meter maid! (Boden is shocked at what he just heard, while McLeod, still being glared daggers at by Isabella, and stuck in a no-win situation, does as instructed and signs the paperwork. She tries to weasel her way out by avoiding signing the last page, but...) Boden: You missed one. (McLeod finishes signing, glares in silent fury at Boden without saying a single word, and storms out of the office in defeat.) Isabella: And don't come back...Gail!	„
	~ McLeod's defeat and banishment from Chicago

Isabella, who at the time was Station 51 firefighter Peter Mills' girlfriend, thus giving Station 51 a means to finally best Gail and save their station, reveals a document that Senator Wheeler wants Gail to sign, disbarring her from closing any more firehouses. Realizing she's been lured into a trap that would finally stop her from closing Station 51 for her own satisfaction, Gail tries to protest, but Isabella shuts her up, explaining that, while Gail could bully her way around the Illinois State Fire Marshall's office, she's in entirely different waters when it comes to the State of Illinois and United States Congresses with Senator Wheeler's authority. Either Gail signs the paperwork, or Isabella would expose her $200,000 bribe to the press, leaving Gail having the press sticking microphones in her face asking why her salary is a big chunk of the so-called money she saved the city balancing the CFD budget. When Gail still tries to resist and talk her way out, Isabella goes a step further: Either Gail signs the paperwork, or Isabella will crucify her and blacklist her credentials permanently so Gail will never get hired by a first responder department in the United States ever again.

Defeated, Gail doesn't say another word and signs the paperwork. She tries to weasel out of signing the last page, but Boden calls her out on it. With the paperwork signed, and her bribe and credentials now worthless, she can only look Boden in the eyes in silent contempt and defeat before storming out of Wheeler's office, with Isabella adding one final insult with telling Gail she is now persona non grata in Chicago and she'd better stay out of the city and never return. With Gail defeated, Station 51 remains open for duty, and Boden, Severide, Hermann, Casey, Shay, Dawson, Mouch, Mills, Otis, and the rest are able to continue to serve as members of Chicago's Bravest for the foreseeable future.